#serverless

AWS Lambda

AWS Lambda lets you run code without managing servers. You upload a function, define what triggers it (an HTTP request, a file upload, a schedule), and AWS handles everything else — provisioning, scaling, patching, and shutting down when idle. You only pay for the milliseconds your code actually runs. If you’ve been through the EC2 Basics tutorial, you know that EC2 gives you full virtual machines. Lambda is the opposite end of the spectrum: no servers to manage at all. Read more →

May 18, 2026